Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Powerless by Elsie Silver

23 reviews

annikenr's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Abandonment, Death, Violence, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, and Car accident

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

kat7794's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Cursing, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Child death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, and Sexual content

rach_aly1985's review against another edition

funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Abandonment, and Classism

Minor: Grief, Child death, and Toxic relationship

graceev's review

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Blood, Sexual content, Infidelity, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Pregnancy, Violence, Classism, Bullying, and Abandonment

oliviastewart716's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Strong character development? No

3.0

3⭐️This should’ve been the best book in the series thus far. As a friends-to lovers story, it should’ve had the emotional development/connection that the previous books lacked. Instead it was the opposite. Both of the characters spend hundreds of pages in their heads thinking “Oh I am like madly in love with this person but there’s no way they’ll reciprocate. I can’t ruin this/lose them.” Yet you still don’t really know why they love each other so much. They drag on like this for a LONG time. It became very repetitive and by the end I wasn’t a fan of either of the characters. Also the storyline with the mmc’s brother was such an unnecessary downer. This book wasn’t the worst, but it sure wasn’t for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Infidelity and Child death

Minor: Eating disorder and Suicidal thoughts

cassiereadsbooks_'s review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

dianaschmidty's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Sexual content, Abandonment, Infidelity, Classism, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Death, Suicidal thoughts, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, and Fatphobia

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

julieokrzesik's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Emotional abuse

linnea_tornblom's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Child death, Toxic relationship, and Abandonment

apolen's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Misogyny, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Grief, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Child death, Car accident, Infidelity, Abandonment, and Alcoholism